JPH07282375A - Current location emergency call device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The present invention automatically notifies a person concerned, such as the police, of an accident or sudden loss of consciousness, or even when the driver cannot move, and In this case, there is provided a current position emergency notification device configured so that the current position of a vehicle can be automatically imaged by an image pickup device and the information can be automatically notified. According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the collision detection means detects the impact force at the time of a collision when the vehicle is in a collision accident and the driver is unconscious or is unable to move due to a serious injury. At the same time, the position detecting means is activated, and by the control of the input / output control means, it is automatically connected to the emergency section such as the police along with the image of the surroundings of the car through the transmission system of the car telephone. Therefore, the emergency section will automatically be notified of the accident and the position where the accident occurred, and the emergency measures can be promptly received.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a current position emergency call device used when a car telephone or the like breaks down or has an accident in a wide area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a vast land such as the United States, when a driver loses consciousness due to a car accident or becomes incapacitated due to serious injury, the position of the car is changed to a person concerned (police). In order to notify the police station, etc., an emergency notification device is required to automatically notify the police station etc. of the location of the car that was involved in the accident and the fact that it is in an emergency accident. Even if there is a car equipped with a GPS receiver (position reporting means) that notifies the current position used by the driver himself, if the driver loses consciousness or encounters an accident that can not move due to serious injury, someone else I couldn't do anything until I confirmed the site and notified the police station.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional case, when the driver loses consciousness in an accident or has an accident in which he cannot move due to a serious injury, even if it is saved, it is automatically done. In many cases, the driver could die without being able to make a report because there is no automatic report means to notify the relevant parties such as the police. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and effectively utilizes a position information device such as a GPS receiver mounted on an automobile, and when the driver suddenly loses consciousness,
Or, even if you are unable to move, there is a current position emergency notification device that is configured to automatically notify the police and other related parties of that fact, and at that time also notify the current position of the vehicle. It is provided.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object,

According to the present invention, an automobile telephone installed in an automobile so as to be able to contact each emergency section or a destination desiring a call through a transmission system, and a current position of the automobile are detected. GP installed in a car to
A current position detecting means such as an S receiver, a collision detecting means including a collision sensor or the like mounted on the vehicle so as to detect an impact force caused by the collision when the vehicle collides, and the collision detecting means. Means and the current position detecting means, and when the vehicle collides, the collision detecting means operates and at the same time the current position detecting means operates and outputs the information at the time of the collision and the current position information to the transmission system of the car telephone. It is characterized by further comprising input / output control means configured to control, and image means which is connected to the collision detection means and which photographs the surroundings of the automobile when the collision detection means starts to operate.

[0005]

[Operation] Consists of the above configuration

According to the invention described in claim 1, when the vehicle has a collision accident and the driver is unconscious or is unable to move due to a serious injury, the collision detection means simultaneously detects the impact force at the time of the collision. Since the position detecting means is activated and the input / output control means controls the automatic transmission to the emergency section such as the police via the transmission system of the car telephone, it is possible to use the vast area such as the United States. In the event of a traffic accident in the area, even if the driver loses consciousness or is seriously injured, the emergency section will automatically be notified of the accident and the location of the accident, and prompt emergency measures will be taken. You will be able to receive it.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present position emergency notification device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a car telephone used in the present position emergency call device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing an outline of an internal circuit of the present position emergency call device, and FIG. It is a circuit block diagram shown. As shown in FIG. 1, a front view of a car telephone used in the present invention,
It is compactly configured so that the telephone 1 can be easily carried and operated with one hand. An antenna 2 is planted at one end of the upper portion of the telephone 1, and the antenna 2 is configured so that a call with the other party can be made. A speaker 3, which is used as a receiver, is disposed above the front side of the telephone 1, and below the speaker, a display circuit (L) for displaying the telephone number of the other party with whom a call is desired.
CD) 4 is provided. Below the display circuit 4, there is provided a keypad section 5 constituting a keypad dial section 5a in which a numeric keypad for designating a telephone number of the other party is arranged. The keypad section 5
A microphone 6 which is located below the speaker 3 and is used as a transmitter is provided at a predetermined distance from the speaker 3. Here, the distance between the speaker 3 and the microphone 6 is
The speaker 3 is formed so as to be located on the ear side, while the microphone 6 side is formed so as to be maintained at an interval such that the microphone 6 side is located on the mouth side for making a sound. FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of a circuit built in the telephone body A, in which a control circuit 10 for controlling the telephone body A is provided. The control circuit 10 serves as an input / output port for inputting a signal from the bid synchronizing circuit 11, the code decoding circuit 12 connected to the bid synchronizing circuit 11, and the code decoding circuit 12.
An / O circuit 14 is provided. The I / O circuit 14 is connected to the tone generating circuit 13. A CPU 15, a RAM 16, and a ROM 17 are connected to the I / O circuit 14. Further, an audio gate circuit 40 of the transmission system 30 and an audio gate circuit 41 of the reception system 32 are connected to the control circuit 10. The microphone 6 of the voice gate circuit 40 is
It is connected to a roller mite type impact sensor 52 via an interface circuit 50 and a modem 51. The impact sensor 52 is linked to the interlocking switches SW1 and SW2, and automatically turns on the interlocking switches SW1 and SW2 when a car collides. The interlock switch SW1 is connected to the control circuit 10 that controls the dial signal via the emergency number generation circuit 53, and when the emergency signal is input from the emergency number generation circuit 53, the control circuit 10 is preset in the ROM 17. It is configured to send an emergency signal to emergency departments such as the police based on the program. Also, S
W2 is connected to the GPS receiver 54 side, and G
The latitude calculated by the PS receiver 54 via satellite etc.
It is connected so as to display position confirmation signals such as longitude, altitude and time on the display 55 and to input them to the transmission system 30 via the modem 51 and the interface circuit 50. The GPS receiver 54 is roughly composed of an antenna preamplifier unit 60 and a receiver processor unit 61 capable of communicating with satellites. The antenna preamplifier unit 60 is composed of an antenna 62 and a preamplifier 63, and the receiver processor unit 61 receives signals from an RF (receiver unit) circuit 64 and a satellite to calculate latitude, longitude, altitude, time, etc. It is configured to be output to the data output unit 66 as a confirmation signal. As the GPS receiver 54, it is sufficient to utilize a conventionally used one, and thus detailed description of the circuit will be omitted. In the control circuit 10, for example, when an emergency signal is input to the CPU 15, the CPU 15 writes position confirmation signals such as latitude, longitude, altitude, and time in the table of the RAM 16, and the accident occurs in the programmed order of the ROM 17. It is set to report the signal and the current position information to an emergency section such as a police station via the transmission system 30. At that time, the image pickup device 70 linked to the SW2 also operates to take a picture of the surrounding environment of the automobile.
Receiver processor unit 61 and antenna 60 together
It is set to call emergency departments such as police stations via. Further, FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram showing an overall outline of a circuit used in this car telephone,
In the figure, reference numeral 30 is a transmission system, 31 is a reception system, 32 is a frequency synthesizer section, and 33 is a transmission / reception demultiplexer. Since this section is configured in the same manner as the circuit of a car telephone used in the past, detailed description will be given. The description is omitted. Next, the operation of the present position notification device in this embodiment will be described. First, if this vehicle encounters some kind of vehicle accident, the impact sensor 52 is activated by the impact force at the time of collision, and the interlocking switches SW1 and SW2 are automatically turned on. Then, the emergency signal is input from the emergency number generation circuit 53 to the control circuit 10, and at the same time, the GPS receiver 54
Signals for position confirmation such as latitude, longitude, altitude, time calculated via a satellite or the like are reported to an emergency section such as a police station via the transmission system 30. Therefore, for example, in a vast area such as the United States, even if you are in a state of traffic accident or if the driver becomes unconscious or seriously injured in a traffic accident The current position information and the emergency signal are reported to an emergency section such as a police station, and at the same time, an image of the surroundings of the vehicle is also transmitted, so that more accurate emergency activities can be performed.

[0007]

As is apparent from the above-mentioned structure,

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the collision detection means detects the impact force at the time of collision when the vehicle is in a collision accident and the driver is unconscious or is unable to move due to a serious injury, and the position is detected at the same time. Since the detection means is activated and the input / output control means controls it to automatically contact the emergency section such as the police via the transmission system of the car telephone, for example, in a vast area such as the United States. Even if the driver loses consciousness or is seriously injured in a traffic accident, the accident section and the position where the accident occurred will be automatically reported to the emergency section along with a video, and prompt emergency measures will be taken. It is possible to receive the effect.

[0008]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a car telephone used for an inventive device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing a circuit configuration used in the present position emergency notification device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block showing an overall outline of a circuit of a car telephone used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Car phone 2 ... Antenna 3 ... Speaker 4 ... Display 5 ... Keypad 6 ... Microphone (speaker) 10 ... Control circuit 15 ... CPU 16 ... RAM 17 ... PROM 30 ... Transmission system 32 ... Rotation dial 52 ... Impact sensor 53 ... Emergency number generation circuit 54 ... GPS receiver 60 ... Antenna preamplifier unit 61 ... Receiver processor unit 61 70 ... Imaging device

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A car telephone installed in a car so as to be able to contact each emergency section or a destination who wants to make a call via a transmission system, and a car telephone for detecting the current position of the car. A current position detecting means including a GPS receiver mounted on the vehicle, and a collision detecting means including a collision sensor or the like mounted on the vehicle so as to detect an impact force caused by the collision when the vehicle collides. The collision detection means and the current position detection means are linked to each other, and when the vehicle collides, the collision detection means operates, and at the same time, the current position detection means operates to transmit the information at the time of the collision and the current position information to the mobile telephone. An input / output control unit configured to control the output of the system and the collision detection unit are connected to each other, and when the collision detection unit starts to operate, an image of the surroundings of the automobile is taken. A current position emergency notification device comprising: an image means.